It’s nearly 11:00. Michael is out of town until tomorrow night, and as I usually do when he’s gone, I’m wasting time on the internet. Doing what? Why looking up all of the actors in Casino Royale of course and seeing what else they’ve been in. What could be more reasonable?\par
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We went to Walmart today [...]
It’s nearly 11:00. Michael is out of town until tomorrow night, and as I usually do when he’s gone, I’m wasting time on the internet. Doing what? Why looking up all of the actors in Casino Royale of course and seeing what else they’ve been in. What could be more reasonable?\par
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We went to Walmart today [...]
We’re reading in Genesis for devotions lately. Michael discovered that teaching the boys what happened on the days of creation went from a chore to a game once he started showing them to hold their hand up and slice downward for each word – “Day One Light” (3 slices). Hey, whatever works. Ezra can do [...]
Yes, it’s true. Only 3 weeks to go (hopefully). My plan is to expect my baby to be 2-3 days early right now, but when I get within a week of my due-date to magically change my expectation to the baby being one week late. The plan being of course to avoid late-pregnancy impatience and [...]
That’s right, I’m home from visiting my parents in Eastern Washington for a 4-night stay last week. “Tuesday through Saturday” sounds like a long time, but the time went very quickly with lots of things packed into what seemed like a few short days! We met all of our goals: the boys got some good [...]
In the last 3 months my husband has lost over 50 pounds on a regimented diet – the kind for which you buy ridiculously expensive, horribly bland, pre-prepared so-called food. Mostly he’s eaten out of packets mixed with water and either heated or chilled, although he’s been allowed one actual meal a day consisting of [...]
When I was making bread a few weeks ago I gave each of the boys about a 1 inch ball of dough to play with; primarily for Judah’s benefit, who really, really, really loves to roll real dough out with a rolling pin. He proceeded to get the playdough rolling pins (actual rolling pins, used [...]
The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not.\par
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George Bernard Shaw\par
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I don’t know much about G.B. Shaw, but isn’t that a great quote? I think it applies to thinking about how one feels all the time. If you go around asking yourself “how [...]
As usual, I post least when I’m most busy. So what’s been going on since the day after I made Pain l’Ancienne)?\par
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Well, there was Easter: We went to my inlaws for a big dinner after church, actually skipping the Agape feast that we normally eat every Sunday after church. A good time was had by [...]